English Language & Usage
JSBձոգչ
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I have a degree in Linguistics, but I work as a programmer. Most of my expertise about English is self-taught, plus lots of random trivia I've acquired here and there.

This is my favorite EL&U comment ever:

This isn't really a question about English so much as a question about hugs. Source

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Basic questions are not so basic
Jul 13 '11
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Against single word requests
Jul 26 '11
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Blacklist the [words] tag
Apr 27 '11
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Getting our dirty words into one place
Jul 13 '11
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Since it isn't in the FAQ, are we as answerers expected to appeal to any of the various English authorities?
Aug 8 '10
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How should we handle single-word-requests that don't have a matching word?
Dec 18 '13
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This is not a site for peeving
Aug 19 '10
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The plan for [grammar]
Apr 12 '11
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"Word" tag -- useful?
Aug 20 '10
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Should peeving disguised as question be closed as off-topic?
Mar 9 '11
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Did English ever have a formal version of "you"?
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Show current assembly instruction in GDB
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When "etc." is at the end of a phrase, do you place a period after it?
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How many tenses are there in English?
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Which is correct, "you and I" or "you and me"?

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